Word: high
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Byrd Page, the champion high jumper of the world, has entered the high jump today at New Haven, but may not contest...
...Harvard men are entered, to be contested today, which is the second and last day of the sports, are: Mile run, 21 entries; mile walk, 16; 50-yards dash, 61; and putting the shot, 12. Harvard has entered no men in the 220-yards hurdle, quarter-mile, or running high jump...
...foot-ball training. That is what should be done here. Every foot-ball player who is not rowing or playing base-ball should be trying for the lacrosse team. It should form a part of the training for foot-ball. In this way the sport will take the high stand in college sentiment which it certainly deserves. Either something must be done, and soon, to rekindle enthusiasm in lacrosse, or we shall have to throw away almost our only championship simply because it is "not the thing" to win it any longer...
...regular gymnasium contest at Yale took place on Friday evening of last week. The events were all closely contested and Shearman, '80, again broke the record in the running high jump with a jump of 5 feet 8 inches Hunt, L. S., put the shot 35 feet 8 inches. The tug-of-war contest was between '90, and '91, '90 winning by a pull of 14 inches. Ninety still leads in the number of points. The contests will be continued through the month of March...
...Harvard Canoe Club, which has been resurrected this year, is now in a condition which predicts a prosperous future. It was founded in 1884 but has never stood very high among the college athletic organizations. Last year it seemed nearly dead. There were five members in the graduating class, two in '89, and a few specials and Law and Medical School men. It began this year with a muster roll of three men and now that the number has increased to over thirty, many rooms are decorated with the crimson silk burgees bearing the gold circle and shield with...